Generally I have an entertaining personal discussion with myself every summer. On the one hand, I don't feel good about putting DEET on my kids. On the other hand, most DEET-free insect repellents don't seem to work all that well, and I'…
I am not a baby book person. I mean, I wanted to be a baby book person, but my children's baby books ultimately overwhelmed me and now sit in a drawer, not even half filled out. I can't remember to record every little thing! The pressure…
There's no shortage of adorable, swoon-worthy items on Etsy, but Amy Joyner's She Knits shop is clearly trying to kill me with handmade cuteness. Her 100% organic cotton/wool blend "chocolate dipped" baby booties do indeed look good enou…
If only there was a way to make children's furniture stylish enough for your taste , but durable enough that you can drag it outside for birthday parties and spring playdates. If only there was a way to make that furniture from recycled …
I absolutely adore our reusable stainless steel water bottles -- I love knowing nothing weird is leeching into what we drink, and I love how they look -- but I really, really miss being able to put ice in my water bottle without a mallet…
My kids have had great teachers, and my kids have had terrible teachers. Reading 32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny , I found myself loving the great ones even more, and even feeling a bit more tolerant towards the terrible ones. And t…
We haven't spent too much time on christening dresses here, since most of them are just a little foofy for us. However we kindly invite you to have a proper drool over the gorgeousness we've recently discovered from Petits Fournier Child…
Why give a goodie bag full of useless plastic toys that will break five minutes after you give them out, when for the same price you could give each party attendee three sheets of personalized stickers that go with your party's theme? At…
I'll grant you that -- my son's nickname being Monkey, after all -- my fondness for all things primate-related may be a bit beyond that of the average person. Still, if you don't think this little monkey clock by Tree by Kerri Lee is awe…
Leave it to textile mavens and cmp fave Serena & Lily to come up with a sling that's both simple and chic. And we all know how important both of those factors are in a sling. The organic cotton market baby slings are constructed from a s…
Frankly, I'm not certain I'm actually cool enough for this Alphabet Learning Poster , but let's just say I desperately want to be. What's not to like about an alphabet where L is for Love, X is for Malcolm, and Z is for Zeitgeist? Oh, an…
This Mother's Day, you can honor thy mother (or a mother you love) by helping mothers in crisis. And I don't mean "oh no, the babysitter canceled at the last minute." More like women affected by humanitarian emergencies around the world.…
I'm going to go out on a limb, here, and say that nothing strikes fear into my husband's heart quite the same was as those three little words: Honey, smell this . Try as I might to keep track of what's in our fridge and use it up in a ti…
When we finally joined this century and got a Wii, the kids received a pile of games over the holidays from family. And do you suppose that the most expensive games--the ones the kids begged for for months --are the ones that they play t…
Someone gave my son an old-fashioned yo-yo. (As soon as I figure out who it was, I'm going to hurt them. Or at least ask them to spackle the new dents in my walls.) But a yo-yo doll has nothing to do with yo-yos -- it's actually a classi…
I love Egg by Susan Lazar baby clothes as much as the next regular person -- which is to say that I adore the designs and the commitment to eco-friendly fibers, but those adorable designer baby onesies and jumpsuits in premium organic co…
I'm unlikely to buy any sort of paper planner, because I'd probably lose it, for one thing, but also because I prefer lists and diagrams and other things scribbled on the backs of napkins. (What?) I like organization in front of me when …
As the veteran of countless "fancy collages" made for me by my children out of magazine pages and Elmer's glue, I'll confess that I never knew something as delicate and lovely as Linda Solovic 's creations were possible under the "collag…
No matter how conscious we may be about the earth-unfriendliness of bottled water (how does 150 million pounds of plastic waste each year grab you?), we've all had that situation where we simply had to buy a bottle of water. For me, it a…
So it's not as though Q Collection Junior offering truly eco-conscious nursery items is new (it's a whole year old), but we do love their new 3-in-1 convertible Luna Crib which helps you get more for your money as you do more for the pla…
Sometimes you want to donate to a good cause , and sometimes you want to buy cute stuff. And sometimes someone gets a fabulous idea like The Emancipation Network did, and they start selling cute stuff made by the very folks the profits g…
I'm always looking for ways to get more organized, but I cannot abide the sort of "helpful" service that makes me feel like I'm a slacker just for being there. The newly relaunched Buttoned Up never skewers me with guilt; this website (f…
There's nothing quite like those halcyon days with the new baby; the staying awake for hours on end, the endless crying, and -- my personal favorite -- the occasional complaint from a (usually childless) friend that you've fallen off the…
Maybe you're in the mood to daydream, or maybe you've had your near-limitless wealth stuffed in your mattress all this time (in which case: Hi! I'm available for adoption!), but either way, if you want to let your most fanciful kid decor…
